At 4:37 of this roberto carlos compilation vid http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5Eoe8YH6E& ... o%20carlos he takes a free kick from near the penalty spot, but there is a wall of players in the goal!!! What was the situation here and what possibilites could have resulted in this happening?

hustler89 wrote:I think that can happen if an outfield player passes it towards the goalkeeper and he picks it up. Then the other team get a freekcik from wherever the goalie picked it up from.

Yeah this is true, it happened to my team in a game. Our player directly passed the ball to our keeper and he picked it up with his hands in the box and the other team got the free kick in the box at the spot of foul.
Kinda weird rule cause the free kick is so close to the goal.

my coach said that pros dont have dangerous play and that its a pansy rule and whenever our goalie picks it up when its been passed back theres a penalty kick for the other team called so maybe itss up to the ref? cuz think about it if the goalies on his line and touches it...yeah thats like an automatic goal

The actuall only time this free kick iccurs is when a player passes the ball and the keeper picks it up or some has a high foot inside the box. but i don't no why the ref awarded the free kick where the inccident occured in your game because wherever it is in the box it is ment to be taken from the penalty spot. we got given 1 the other day but we didn't score because ther hole team was lined up on the goal line.